Paddy Whyte
@paddywhyte.bsky.social
Both of these stories are incredibly depressing from a media perspective. Rage bait that treats their audiences as idiots.
Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
November 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Both of these stories are incredibly depressing from a media perspective. Rage bait that treats their audiences as idiots.
I know the lib dems have leaned into nimbyism on a local level but i wonder if there's a gap for a pro-growth centre right party which makes the case for European reintergration? The Tories have vacated that space ... but maybe it just doesn't exist anymore
It's a real mystery why we're seemingly stuck in a permanent low-growth, high inflation, broken-public-services doom-loop.
The UK is losing up to £250m a day in lost tax revenue due to the economic impact of Brexit, House of Commons Library analysis for the Lib Dems suggests.
Brexit has blown a "black hole of [up to] £90 billion a year in the public finances" the party says. Even under lower estimates the hit is ~£65bn
Brexit has blown a "black hole of [up to] £90 billion a year in the public finances" the party says. Even under lower estimates the hit is ~£65bn
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I know the lib dems have leaned into nimbyism on a local level but i wonder if there's a gap for a pro-growth centre right party which makes the case for European reintergration? The Tories have vacated that space ... but maybe it just doesn't exist anymore
Sidenote on this: has anyone looked into the radicalisation of former lads' mags writers and editors?
Oh no, Daily Telegraph, it wouldn't, which is why you're writing it.
October 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Sidenote on this: has anyone looked into the radicalisation of former lads' mags writers and editors?
I go the other way on this one. What makes this one of the greatest goals ever is the context as well as the aesthetic. I mean it’s Barry Davies commentating on a last minute winner in a World Cup quarter final.
Dennis Bergkamp’s goal for Netherlands v Argentina at the 1998 World Cup is massively overrated. The first touch is great, the second and the finish are pretty average and, really, the best bit of the entire thing is Frank de Boer’s through ball.
Everybody should absolutely view this as an invitation to drop your spiciest soccer takes.
September 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I go the other way on this one. What makes this one of the greatest goals ever is the context as well as the aesthetic. I mean it’s Barry Davies commentating on a last minute winner in a World Cup quarter final.
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I would like to be a little bit positive rather than negative today, so for any politics or economics journalist who *didn't* go full It's Liz Truss All Over Again based on a single afternoon's trading yesterday and consequently *hasn't* had to "ahh well nevertheless" today, congratulations!
July 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I would like to be a little bit positive rather than negative today, so for any politics or economics journalist who *didn't* go full It's Liz Truss All Over Again based on a single afternoon's trading yesterday and consequently *hasn't* had to "ahh well nevertheless" today, congratulations!
A brilliant (and funny) piece of investigative journalism
My latest: An absolutely brain-melting story in which a main road in desperate need of repair is somehow vanished from legal existence. 🤯
The unfixable road that was vanished
A main road through a small town is in desperate need of repair. There's just one small problem: for all intents and purposes, it doesn't exist.
martinrobbins.substack.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:53 AM
A brilliant (and funny) piece of investigative journalism